“The Purloined Ledger” appears in Broken Time Blues, an anthology of urban fantasy and other tales set in the roaring 20s. This anthology is published by Absolute XPress, and edited by the Jaym Gates and Erika Holt.

Credits: Sole author

Cover art by Galen Dara.

Notes: The title of this short story is a deliberate homage to Poe’s “The Purloined Letter.”

The main character of this story is a guy about whom I intend to write a great deal more in the future. Hopefully, you’ll like him at least half as much as I do.